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That's what I was thinking of! The VA-165 Spad that shot down a MiG was on a working ground suppression for a rescue over N. Vietnam and in that same mission one was chalked up as a probable. And an A-4 shot down a MiG-17 with a Zuni rocket, while doing flak suppression over Kep, I think...

That's what I was thinking of! The VA-165 Spad that shot down a MiG was on a working ground suppression for a rescue over N. Vietnam and in that same mission one was chalked up as a probable. And an A-4 shot down a MiG-17 with a Zuni rocket, while doing flak suppression over Kep, I think...

or Wally the Whale. Come on fire back! In the mean time here's a another engima for you: What was the most unconventional shoot down of a MiG over North Vietnam by Navy aircraft? And who was the first NA to evade and escape capture three times in North Vietnam?

I don't wanna know how you know. :eek:

A navalized variant of the F-86 Sabre. Now where is my damned cookie, please! :D Okay, hotshot, what was the largest operational aircraft to routinely operate off a carrier

Hey fellas, check this out! Betcha didn't know it! http://www.usscoralsea.net/pages/f111.html

Helicopters don't fly, they just beat the air into submission.

Try Ebay! I just found 5 copies there.

Zuggy, I hear ya! How you doin'?! My GPA is not the best in the world, in fact it is probably the worst on the board. But hey I am improving by leaps and bounds and come this time next year, I will have a package in front of the board. Having PRK in December and wait for the 6 months...

I'll drink to that!

That sim time is it recognised by the FAA or is PC sim time? If so I have a couple of thousand hours of that.:D Good luck and God Speed, Godspeed.

jr57, try this it may not give you specifically the info you need,but it will give you a place to find someone to contact. http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/NAMI/WaiverGuideTopics/ophthalmology.htm#lasik That is NAMI's regs on the waiver, but if you go to NAMI's othalmology page on that site...

Yep, me thinks so too.

Sorry, boomer, I should put insert any "southern state here", but I can say that becuase I used to live in a trailer.

Hey, what does a tornado and divorce in Arkansas have in common? Someone is sure to loose a trailer. It's horrible I know.

Solyent Green.....mhunmhuggg.....

Oh, come on! [Sarcastic voice on] You can't tell me the Skipper isn't a beef cake or Gilligan, you know he was the Skipper's Little Buddy. [Sarcastic Voice off] Give me Mary Anne anyday! But, I would only kick Ginger out of the sack to do it on the floor! :D

Dude, enough with the negative waves! They are backed up as it is don't make it worse.

That's wierd, my putty tat is named Ivan, too. (Russian Blue)

Bunk, I have that book, it is great! If I recall from the book, Grant says that an independent investigation found that particular flare had a history for accidently igniting. That the ordies who pulling them out the locker were tossing them like "cord wood" probably did not help, even...

Usually the picket destroyers would try to force the trawler off coarse. Both the US and Sovs knew that the trawlers would not actually bump with a CV. Itr just pyshcological. Besides, they were just there to gather intel.

The Soviet trawlers that shadowed our carriers off of Yankee Station, would harrass our carriers by setting collision course during critical evolutions, like flight ops and un-reps. So, it not the first time someone tried to play chicken with a CV or a CVN. As far as COs being relieved, how...

ROFL! That's great! Did anything come of it? How much flat-hating actually happens? Is it censured hard?

That sucks and I hope you are happy with decision you made and best of luck! Thanks for the information, though! I am sure it will help some of the guys around here out!

That was my question, too, Dave. As far as slots go, as long as I get my chance for an '07 slot, I don't care. What's gonna happen is gonna happen.

There goes Capt. Squires career. If it was intentional on the dhows part then it sounds like a dry run for a future attack, if not then my condolences to the family.

Here are the Russian "Aviation Crusiers" as they call them: Kiev Class: Kiev, Minsk, Novorossiysk, Admiral Gorshkov were 40,000 ton VTOL carriers, like our Gator Frieghters. Carrying Yak-39 "Forgers" and helicopters. Moskva Class: Moskva, Leningrad were just crusiers with a large...

Well, I suppose Triton sounds cool and still has not been used before. At least it is better than "Nimrod" (which is a cool looking bird).

Wink, If that comment was partially directed to me, thank you. It means a great deal coming from you. Red, You might or might not know about this, that one of the motivations for the US to take the Philippines after the Spanish-American War was that the Philippines would be a forward...

There were 11 manned Apollo missions (Apollos 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17), one disaster (Apollo 1), and 5 unmanned (Apollos 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6). But 17 Apollo missions all together.

Red, I was talking about the American Revolution, but I should have qualified it by stating that the US, like all foreigners, were limited to Canton until the after the Opium Wars. What I meant by scavenger diplomacy is for example in the Opium Wars, the US pretty much remained on the...

It goes farther than 100 years. Amercians were trading with the Chinese, while we were still a colony of Britain. After the Revolution the US began what is termed "scavenger diplomacy". Scavenger diplomacy was where the US would step in to bully the Chinese for the same concessions that the...

Then they would avoid Netune, too. The original P-2V Neptune was also made by Lockheed. Besides Orion II sounds gay.

Posieden was taken (SLICBM). Maybe Neptune? But some was ass will name it after Uranus.

Yawn.... Wake me up when the debates get here.

That was a good read. But you shouldn't take the conclusion as gospel. The author neglects put the data in the perspective of the events of the day. What was going on during the that time? Who are we going to support in the Iran-Iraq War? A country that ACTIVELY sponsored and coordinated...

Lonestar, I suggest that you go out and spend the $10 + tax on a copy of the 9/11 Report. It is an interesting read, and is very enlightening. As far as Haliburton goes, Haliburton is the BEST oil field services company bar none. The original contract that gave Haliburton the job was...

Right on! Another question you could ask is: When America has used military force, has it made a difference and what would have happened if America did use force to intervene?

Ok, the intel (everybody's intel, not just ours) at the time says, "He's got WMDs and is seeking nuclear weapons (an assertion that the UK has still not backed off of, even after the Wilson flap)", you find out that there have been friendly contacts with him OFFERING SUPPORT to AQ, top it off...

I just read the the 9/11 Report, which laid out the connections that AQ and Osama had with Saddam. When Osama was originally kicked out of Saudi Arabia, he was approached by Saddam to come to Iraq. Steerike 1! However he chose Afghanistan. There are still the meetings between Mohammed Ata and...

Thanks, Spr! I am glad that I am not the only blind bat in this bunch! Maqdarmstrong, the max pre-op refraction you can have is -8.00 in either eye and no more than +/- .50 diopters difference between your eyes. Here is a link that will tell you in more detail...

What was everybody's pre-op refrac? I am -7.00 and -6.75, just under the waiver pre-op limit. Spr, I am using Dr. Holladay out in Bellaire. He is great! I went for my screening last week and I am going to have in late August between Summer II and Fall semesters. Good luck at OCS!

I must be dense , I don't get it.

No Joke, dude! My GPA is ~2.1 and my ASTB scores are 7/9/7 with an OAR of 51, which I suppose is okay, but I am not giving up! Find a new recruiter and work to get your GPA up! And remember it is the whole package thing! If you get gunned down, apply again, and again and again and again...

Dude, your in Houston, right? I live in Nacogdoches and I am going to see Dr. Holloday in the first week of July for my consultation. I have e-mailed his staff and they are very helpful. My girlfriend's mother used him for lense replacement surgery and she was extremely pleased. Here is his...

I'll chime in. My grandfather and his brother were both served on the heayv cruiser USS Helena during Korea, they participated in shore bombardment of the North. Coincidently, the only Navy ace during Korea, Guy Bordelon, was serving as gunnery officer at the same time on the Helena. My dad...

That's what I thought, too, for the logic that crysmc illustrated. But, hey, I am just physics major with a low GPA. I scored 7/9/7 with an OAR of 51, I must have gotten a few right. :D Good luck! As long as you study the gouge and can do the ARCO problems your in good shape.

Thanks for the updated data.

Currently the waivers for applicants are issued under the ascention study, depending on the outcome of the study decides whether or not the Navy will keep issuing waivers. From what I have heard around here it looks like the study will give way to normal waivering. But right now it is up in...

Try this: http://www.nomi.med.navy.mil/NAMI/WaiverGuideTopics/ophthalmology.htm#lasik this jumped out at me in the post op section: The member must meet all other vision standards appropriate to his or her class of duty. So, I take it to mean that once you have had PRK, your vision...